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email (put these six together)mark at fpsi @ gmail .com This is in place of a normal contact form which is the target of spammers and has therefore been removed. Thanks.

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Child time

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ChildTime This chart shows how time feels MUCH longer to children than adults. It should be on the wall of every courtroom and every government office where the well-being of children is addressed. Also listed in publications.

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The Architecture of Accountability: For Funders and Other Complex Organizations

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Introduction: This paper presents a view of accountability based on the relationship between types of organizations. This does not replace, but rather complements and contains, the traditional view based on political and organizational hierarchy. The type-of-organization structure allows us to see clearly the corresponding structure of quality of life indicators and different levels of performance measures. Placing these relationships in …

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OBA response to the June 2016 special edition of “The View”

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Open Letter 28 July 2016 Brendan McDonnell Editor of the “Impact Special” publication of the “View” Community Evaluation NI 129 Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT7 1SH The June 2016 issue of “The View” includes several articles critical of the Northern Ireland government’s decision to use Outcomes-Based Accountability (OBA) in its Programme for Government.  I think it is important to encourage …

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Dorset OBA Webinar

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On July 13th, FPSI conducted an OBA webinar with the senior staff of Dorset County Council. The 1:25 hr webinar was recorded via Gotomeeting and is available for viewing at: https://vimeo.com/clearimpact/review/174771403/0b3a833ba3 Note that there are some rough edges to this video which we expect to be edited in the coming weeks. For more information on this event contact Thomas.Wilkinson@dorsetcc.gov.uk

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“Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough” book sales reach 50,000!

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I am very pleased to announce that Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough book sales have reached 50,000. And I’m very grateful to everyone (around the world) who has helped get us to this milestone. The graph below shows cumulative sales from the book’s release in September 2005. I have added a line marking the very unusual straight line growth …

Mark Friedman“Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough” book sales reach 50,000!